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Table of Contents:

Recent News

Monero 0.18.2.2 'Fluorine Fermi' Point Release binaries are available. CLI; GUI. Remember to verify hashes, how-to guides at the bottom of each blog post. As well, you may compile Monero from source if you wish.

Stack Wallet v1.6.9. Stack Duo v1.0.4.

LocalMonero/AgoraDesk v1.0.71.

XMRig v6.19.2.

Feather Wallet v2.4.5.

Monero Vanity [GUI] v0.5.0.

Rucknium published Empirical Privacy Impact of Mordinals (Monero NFTs).

Monero Observer Blitz #20 - March 2023.

Monero Talk interviewed Monero developer JTGrassie and Yale law school cybersecurity professor, Sean O'Brien. JTGrassie's video; audio. Sean O'Brien's video; audio.

Upcoming Events

April 15, 2023 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC

Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room.

April 15, 2023 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC

MoneroKon 2023 Meeting - #monero-events IRC channel; Matrix room.

April 17, 2023 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC

Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.

April 19, 2023 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC

Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.

CCS Proposal Ideas

Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.

koe seraphis ongoing support.

Maintaining flatpak package org.getmonero.Monero.

dangerousfreedom - wallet development 2.

Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.

CCS Proposals Need Funding

None; all funded for now.

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 2863660

Hash rate: 2.556 GH/s

Average txs. per block: 24.24

Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 18743

Block reward: 0.6 XMR

Data taken on April 13, 2023.

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $2,940,842,402.
Localmonero.co Street Price: $168.23.

Monero (XMR) Price

04/13/23 Week Month Year
USD $162.05 +2.5% +6.1% -30.6%
EUR €146.70 +1.2% +3.0% -32.0%
BTC ₿0.00534426 -4.6% -15.5% -8.1%

Data taken on April 13, 2023.

XMR Price Graph

![XMR Price Graph 03/31/23-04/13/23](/img/weekly-chart-0413.png "XMR Price Graph 03/31/23-04/13/23") Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co statistics; localmonero.co blocks.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.

Test Monero Core Software

Anyone with moderate technical ability is encouraged to try to build and run Monero nightlies. Do not trust it with your Monero, but feel free to open an Issue on GitHub as problems arise. Instructions to build on your OS of choice can be found here.

Getting Started with Helping Monero

If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Workgroup.

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